Politics

Tariq Ramadan Permitted to Enter the U.S.; Will Take Up Post at Notre Dame

by Daniel Pipes January 23, 2010

The Swiss Islamist Tariq Ramadan was about to take up a position at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana in 2004 when the U.S. government prevented him from entering the country on the grounds that he had funded two…

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Is Scott Brown Good for Us?

by Brian Burch January 23, 2010

The news is still sinking in.
The people of Massachusetts ignited a political firestorm on Tuesday by electing Scott Brown to the seat vacated by the late Senator Kennedy.
CatholicVote did not endorse Brown, nor did we urge voters to…

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Not Saying the Unsayable

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. January 22, 2010

Most sentient Americans had one question in the wake of the massacre at Fort Hood last November: How on earth could the Army have allowed to remain in its ranks a soldier known to espouse the supremacist, seditious ideology that…

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GOP: It’s Sink or Swim in 2010

by J. Matt Barber January 20, 2010

Pop quiz:
Kyle and Christina – casual acquaintances fresh out of college – are interviewing for the same job. It’s a position each desperately wants and needs, so competition is intense.
While waiting in the lobby, Christina offers Kyle a…

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Bulldozed in New London: The Latest on Kelo and Eminent Domain

by Dr. John A. Sparks January 18, 2010

Pfizer, the huge drug company, has announced that it will be leaving a large research complex in New London, Connecticut and moving several hundred jobs to nearby Groton. Such belt-tightening in tough economic times would normally draw little criticism. In…

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Haggling Over Price

by Ken Connor January 16, 2010

Less than a month ago, on December 19, 2009, all eyes in Washington were fixed on one man: Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat from Nebraska.  Senator Nelson found himself the man of the hour when it became clear that his vote…

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Obama’s Jobs Policy Counterproductive

by Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson January 15, 2010

High and/or rising unemployment is always a political liability for a president, and so Barack Obama has taken the offensive in trying to persuade the American people that his team can get Americans back to work.
In November, Obama took…

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Death by 1000 Cuts

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. January 12, 2010

Seasoned observers understand that, in official Washington, the so-called “death of a thousand cuts” technique is the preferred means of stealthily undermining, and ultimately defeating, initiatives and institutions too strong to be taken on via a frontal assault.  The Obama…

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The Uncertain Trumpet and Systemic Failure

by Dr. Earl Tilford January 12, 2010

In the mid-1960s, the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Notre Dame’s Rocky Bleier. Unfortunately, Steeler management failed to protect the prized rookie with the paperwork necessary to take advantage of a myriad of available conscription-law loopholes, and Bleier ended up in Vietnam…

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Obama Renominates Anti-Catholic Lawyer

by Catholic League January 9, 2010

Catholic League president Bill Donohue calls attention to the decision of President Obama to renominate Dawn Johnsen to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel:
Most of the critics of Dawn Johnsen focus on her strong pro-abortion record. While…

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